- Rauschenberg, Hesse
Infobox German Location
Name = Rauschenberg
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Rauschenberg (Hessen).svg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 52 | lat_sec=0
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 55 | lon_sec=0
Lageplan = Marburg Biedenkopf Rauschen.png
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Marburg-Biedenkopf
Höhe = 227
Fläche = 67.33
Einwohner = 4648
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 35282
Vorwahl = 06425
Kfz = MR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 34 017
Gliederung = 7Ortsteil e
Adresse = Schloßstr. 1
35282 Rauschenberg
Website = [http://www.rauschenberg.de/ www.rauschenberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Manfred Barth
Partei = SPDRauschenberg is a town in the north of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse,
Germany .Geography
Location
Rauschenberg lies at the southern edge of the "Burgwald", a low mountain range, near
Marburg andKirchhain .Neighbouring communities
Rauschenberg borders in the north on the town of Rosenthal (
Waldeck-Frankenberg ) as well as on the communities ofWohratal (Marburg-Biedenkopf) andGilserberg (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis ), in the east on the town ofStadtallendorf , in the south on the town ofKirchhain , in the southwest on the community ofCölbe , and in the west on the town of Wetter (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).Town divisions
Rauschenberg consists of the following centres: Albshausen, Bracht, Ernsthausen, Josbach, Rauschenberg, Schwabendorf and Wolfskaute.
History
Even as far back as 1000, a castle was built in what is now Rauschenberg. After a fire about 1250, almost the whole settlement was destroyed. Shortly after Rauschenberg was founded by the Counts of Ziegenhain, it was granted town rights. When the "von Ziegenhain" family died out in 1450, the castle and the town fell to the House of Hesse. In this time, the castle was expanded and made into a hunting lodge.
During the
Thirty Years' War , Rauschenberg was mostly destroyed and thoroughly plundered by Swedish troops. Ever since the castle was blown up at a Kassel colonel's behest two years before the war ended, there has been nothing left of it but a ruin.Politics
Town council
Results of municipal election on
26 March 2006 :Coat of arms
Rauschenberg's civic
coat of arms might be described thus: Party per fess; above, in sable a six-pointed star argent; below in Or. It matches the arms used by the town's old overlords, the Counts of Ziegenhain. The "Hessisches Ortswappenbuch" (1956, published by Verlag C. A. Starke, Limburg), a work about Hessian civic arms, shows an eight-pointed star in a modification of the Counts' coat of arms, as indeed does the [http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/r/rauschen.htm International Civic Heraldry] website.Town partnerships
* Westende,
Belgium .Culture and Sightseeing
Buildings
There has not been much left of the castle, later stately home, of Rauschenberg since it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The ruins on the hill over the constituent community – also known as Rauschenberg – are open and free to all.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Rauschenberg is connected to the road network by Federal Highway ("Bundesstraße") B 3 between
Frankfurt andKassel , and by "Bundesstraße" B 62. As for public transportation, there is abus connection to Kirchhain which runs many times daily.References
Trivia
A Finnish industrial music group, named Rauschenmaschine (German for noisemaschine) has a song on their website called Rauschenberg.
* [http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=40380]External links
* [http://www.rauschenberg.net/ Town's official website]
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